November 5th, 2007

November 2007

Dear Friends of German Comedy,

What a good month we all had.

All but the England football team that is. But let’s hope Russia drops points away to Israel and England qualify for the European Championships as a major football tournament just isn’t the same without England. Losing on penalties.

This pedestrian joke is as it stands one of the highlights of my new solo show about British sport and leisure, which I find a lot harder to write than I expected.

I want the show to be critically acclaimed. At the same time it has to be straight forward and work at any sport club in the country. It has to be interesting for punters that are familiar with traditional British sports such as bull-baiting and know the impact of the Industrial revolution on leisure. But it also has to be enjoyable for people who don’t know a ‘leg before’ from their elbow. Last but not least I don’t want it to turn into one big exercise of Brit-bashing.

By now I have to admit that these expectations are unrealistically high and bound to end in a crushing disappointment, which ironically would be an altogether fitting summary of British professional sport.

Last month I went for the first time ever to Coventry and felt a considerable amount of guilt for the German air raids that destroyed what must have been a beautiful city full of Tudor buildings.

This guilt was gone though when I saw that the only remaining Tudor building doesn’t host a history museum or the mayor’s office but is used as a Wetherspoon pub, the gastro-equivalent of a derelict council estate. Only more depressing.

So it’s fair to assume that the locals would have turned the city into something atrocious by now anyway – air raids or not.

Have a great month
Henning

March 2018

5 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
6 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
12 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
13 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
14 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
19 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
20 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
21 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
22 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT

April 2018

09 – BATH – Widcombe Social Club – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
10 – BATH – Widcombe Social Club – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
12 – BORDON – The Phoenix Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
13 – BORDON – The Phoenix Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
14 – BORDON – The Phoenix Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
18 – BEVERLEY – East Riding Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
19 – POCKLINGTON – Arts Centre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
20 – POCKLINGTON – Arts Centre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
21 – BEVERLEY – East Riding Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
29 – TRING – The Court Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
30 – TRING – The Court Theatre – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress

May 2018

1 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
2 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
7 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
8 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
11 – GREAT TORRINGTON – Plough Arts – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
12 – GREAT TORRINGTON – Plough Arts – SOLD OUT- Work In Progress
13 – LAUNCESTON – Town Hall – SOLD OUT – Work in Progress
14 – LAUNCESTON – Town Hall – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
17 – DARTMOUTH – The Flavel – TICKETS – Work In Progress
18 – FALMOUTH – The Poly – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
19 – PENZANCE – The Acorn – SOLD OUT – Work In Progress
29 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
30 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT
31 – LONDON – Betsey Trotwood – SOLD OUT